Michael Orozco Fiscal is also set to feature for La Franja as they take on the Liga MX leader, for whom Jose Villarreal and Michael Farfan are both patiently waiting to debut (Univision, 6 pm ET).

For Herculez Gomez, there is a first trip back with Club Tijuana to former team Santos Laguna, where he will he will be hoping to open his scoring account this Clausura season (Friday, Univision Deportes, 10:30 pm ET).

Alongside him for Xolos, Joe Corona will be keen to get some more minutes under his belt, Edgar Castillo is set to start at left back, Paul Arriola may be involved and Greg Garza is available.

In Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Saturday, Jose Torres and Tigres UANL take on Chiapas, for whom Gabriel Farfan is nearing full fitness having missed the preseason following his move from Chivas USA (Univision Deportes, 10 pm ET).